Vocab. Unit 8
Shingler vocab...unit 8 use only
Terms
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- infiltrate
- to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
- proxy
- an agent, substitute; a written permission, allowing one person to act in another's place
- scavenger
- a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
- attire
- clothes, apparel, garb *other def* to dress, adorn, or bedeck
- stint
- to limit, be sparing, or frugal *other def* a limit or restriction; a fixed share of wwork or duty; a period of activity
- cryptic
- puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
- abut
- to join at one endf or be next to; to support, prop up
- gaunt
- thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
- avail
- to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; to take advantage or; to profit or benefit *other def* use, benefit, or value
- rankle
- to cause anger, irration, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
- enmity
- hatred, ill-will
- fervent
- very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
- divergent
- going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
- nullify
- to make of no value or consequence, cancle, wipe out
- crony
- a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
- proclaim,
- to declare publicly or offically
- plummet
- to plunge straight down *other def* a weight fastened to a line
- stocial
- self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
- perceptible
- capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
- unflagging
- tireless, continuing with vigor